Career Information Links

The majors offered by the Department of Biology prepare our graduates for a wide variety of careers or post graduate education. These include:

· Basic and Applied Research
· Health Professions (see the link to the Prehealth Professions Program)
· Secondary Education
· Public Health (contact Dave Wallace)

When trying to choose a career or identify the best degree plan to meet your objectives, your first step should be to meet with your advisor or see Dr. Welker in the Biology Advising Center (BNR 101). An advisor can provide initial guidance and may refer you to someone with greater expertise in your particular area of interest.

USU Career Services may also provide valuable information and career assessment services. Jennifer Loscher (Univ. Inn 102; tel. 797-1748) is the Career Advisor for Science Majors.

Finally we recommend that you make use of the Internet. Using a search engine or starting with the links provided below you will be able to find useful general career information as well as sites devoted to specific fields such as microbiology, entomology, ecology, forensics, etc.

WWW Links

AIBS American Institute of Biological Science: Careers in Biology
http://www.aibs.org/careers/index.html

CELS Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences
http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/cels/

CELS link to educational societies
http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/cels/edulinks.html

SICB The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
http://www.sicb.org/careers/index.php3

Furman University: Biology Careers Page
http://www.facweb.furman.edu/%7Ejsnyder/careers/careers.html

Emporia State University: Careers in Biology
http://www.emporia.edu/biosci/carebiol.htm

Harvard University: Biology Jobs
http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks/BioJobs.html

University of St. Francis: Careers in Natural Sciences
http://www.stfrancis.edu/ns/careers.htm